India's long-awaited telecoms bill drops language that would have regulated social media

India's government has introduced its Telecommunications Bill – heavily anticipated legislation that will replace laws that were passed before the internet existed and prior to India turning on over a billion mobile phone subscriptions. One big change from a draft bill released in 2022 is the removal of a reference to over-the …

[DS999]

Telecommunication identifier

So a phone number or email address? Sounds like the only new thing is they want a biometric identifier for each person, which is another way of saying they want a picture to link to each of those phone numbers and email addresses.

[KittenHuffer]

Re: Telecommunication identifier

I think you may have identified the first valid use for a dick pic!!!!

[OhForF']

Re: Telecommunication identifier

As the definition for message seems to include radio broadcasts i wonder how they expect radio stations to identify everyone listening in occasionally - unless there is something that exempts them in the definition of "user".

[Anonymous Coward]

Indian Bureaucracy

A Byzantine master class.

[Kurgan]

Re: Indian Bureaucracy

The want full control on their subjects. It's a totalitarian regime. That's all.

[Michael Wojcik]

Re: Indian Bureaucracy

A rising tide of totalitarianism around the world swamps all boats, apparently. Hooray.

[Missing Semicolon]

Re: Indian Bureaucracy

When Europeans colonise somewhere, we tend to leave a disease. In South America, it was the common cold. In India, it was Bureaucracy.